Today's step is about slowing the flow of emails into your inbox. If you're busy reading your emails you may not have time to read your magazines, books, and other printed material, so those items end up adding to the paper piles.

We are information seeking creatures. It makes sense to keep learning and gathering information. However, information is only useful if you can access it, use it, and share it. If you haven’t had time to read it or act on it, the information coming in is not useful. It’s not achieving its purpose or improving your life.